How photosynthetic bacteria harvest solar energy

Cogdell et al describe what is currently known about the structure of the bacterial photosynthetic unit and then outline the series of reactions which take place between the absorption of a "green" photon by the carotenoids in the antenna system and the charge separation across the membran...

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Published inJournal of bacteriology Vol. 181; no. 13; pp. 3869 - 3879
Main Authors Cogdell, R J, Isaacs, N W, Howard, T D, McLuskey, K, Fraser, N J, Prince, S M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Society for Microbiology 01.07.1999
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Subjects
Bacteria
Bacteria - metabolism
Bacteriology
Biochemistry
Electron Transport
Energy Transfer
Minireviews
Models, Molecular
Photosynthesis
Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins - chemistry
Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins - metabolism
Rhodobacter
Rhodopseudomonas
Solar Energy
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Summary:Cogdell et al describe what is currently known about the structure of the bacterial photosynthetic unit and then outline the series of reactions which take place between the absorption of a "green" photon by the carotenoids in the antenna system and the charge separation across the membrane by the reaction centers.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 141 330 4232. Fax: 44 141 330 4620. E-mail: R.Cogdell@bio.gla.ac.uk.
ISSN:0021-9193
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/jb.181.13.3869-3879.1999